
Woman on the Edge of Time
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Tanya Eby
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By:
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Marge Piercy
Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercy's landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futures - and what it takes to will one or the other into reality. Harrowing and prescient, Woman on the Edge of Time speaks to a new generation on whom these choices weigh more heavily than ever before.
Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity - and now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a time of sexual and racial equality, environmental purity, and unprecedented self-actualization. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a society of grotesque exploitation, in which the barrier between person and commodity has finally been eroded. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow.
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Piercy creates a present day (for her time) scenario that is downright dystopian. Everyone this woman meets either ignores her, abuses her, or is in a similar boat as she. The medical experiments are a bit over the top. The utopian future on the other hand is perfect in every way that a 70’s radical and activist would have imagined. The difficulty with this future world is that it’s mostly fantasy, rather than sci-fi envisioned. The world is pastoral in nature with an egalitarian flavor. Things just work. There are computers to run things, but no sign of chip manufacturers or people learning to program. Instead, children are taught one on one about nature. People fly planes without the need for training or an infrastructure to manage the airways. People can become medical genetic engineers while still putting in their obligatory months of farm work for food production.
The narration is good with decent character distinction. Pacing is smooth, although a bit slow.
Sci-fi dystopia; fantasy utopia
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As a Hispanic first-generation male born and raised in Manhattan, it was often difficult for me to read; partly due to my own biases and social hardening. Themes I would have agreed with much more easily during my youth, were suddenly tough for me to consume and invited introspection and self-reflection on my end.
Marge Piercy demonstrates a remarkable feat of foresight and sensibility. Juggling challenging beliefs on feminism, mental health, social constructs, and race with poise and nobility.
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The story would have benefited greatly had the narrator been of Hispanic descent, regardless of this the narrator avails.
Dense & Abstract
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Great story, needed a narrator who actually speaks Spanish
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If your main character is a Chicana
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Exceptional
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awesome story!
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read it seriously
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Excellent, great voices, compelling story
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Didn’t have a Hispanic for main character
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